Where’s the Beef? Beef By-Products The word “beef” probably makes you think of meat, like hamburger and steak. These are the main products of the beef animal, but there are many other by-products you likely use every day. By-products are the items that can be produced with what’s not used to make the main product. Very little of a beef animal is wasted. A beef by-product is anything made from a beef animal other than the beef we eat. Some by-products can be edible, like the gelatin from the beef animal’s hooves and horns that is used in marshmallows. Many by-products are inedible, like the leather from the hide that is used to make baseballs. Other by-products are used in medicine like insulin that is made from the animal’s internal organs. You probably use at least one item containing beef by-products every day! fertilizer nitrogen phosphorous methane gas Manure antifreeze detergents paint bio-diesel dish soap perfume candles fireworks pesticides cement insulation plastics ceramics linoleum rubber chalk lipstick shaving cream chewing gum makeup soap crayons margarine tires creams & lotions matches toothpaste deoderant oils & lubricants Fat adhesives lamination bandaids pet food buttons photo film charcoal piano keys china plant food combs plastics conditioner plywood dice shampoo football helmet tooth brushes glass glue wallpaper Bones/Hooves/Horns cake mixes dyes & inks fishing line imitation eggs instrument strings insulin medical sutures (stiches) medicines pasta sausage casings tennis racket strings Internal Organs/Blood adhesives gummy bears air filters insulation baseball leather baseball mitt marshmallows belts medicines boots paint brushes candies plaster clothing sneakers dry wall soccer ball felt volleyball football wallets gelatin Hide (Hair & Skin)